Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD’S PLAN

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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The word “Church” (Latin ecclesia, from the Greek ek-ka-lein, to
“call out of”) means a convocation or an assembly. It designates the
assemblies of the people, usually for a religious purpose.¹³⁹ Ekklesia
is used frequently in the Greek Old Testament for the assembly of the Chosen
People before God, above all for their assembly on Mount Sinai where Israel
received the Law and was established by God as his holy people.¹⁴⁰ By
calling itself “Church,” the first community of Christian believers
recognized itself as heir to that assembly. In the Church, God is “calling
together” his people from all the ends of the earth. the equivalent Greek
term Kyriake, from which the English word Church and the German Kirche are
derived, means “what belongs to the Lord.”

PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
- CHAPTER THREE I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
  - Article 9 “I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH”
    - Paragraph 1. THE CHURCH IN GOD’S PLAN

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